1 MAR HISTORY EVENTS

Today in Indian History Events for March 1

1-March-1510Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle.

1-March-1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.

1-March-1775Purandhar Treaty was singed between Nana Phadnavis and British Army.

1-March-1818Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.

1-March-1901Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born.

1-March-1903Pareshchandra Bhattacharya, former Gonerner of Indian Reserve Bank, was born.

1-March-1905Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born.

1-March-1908Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.

1-March-1908A.E.T. Barrow, educationist, was born.

1-March-1909First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established.

1-March-1910The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling.

1-March-1914Minto Gilbert Jhon Alieat, former viceroy of India, passed away.

1-March-1916Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta.

1-March-1917J.F.Maden gave a preview of the first Bengali fiction film 'Satyawadi Raja Harischandra.'

1-March-1917Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan.

1-March-1919Mahatma Gandhi announced his desire to start 'Satyagraha' against proposed Rowlatt Act meant to curb civil and political liberties.

1-March-1924Naresh Mehta was born.

1-March-1930Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras.

1-March-1939Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal.

1-March-1950The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000.

1-March-1951NitishKumar RamLakhanSingh was born in Bakhtiarpur, Distt. Patna (Bihar).

1-March-1955Pakistan vs India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw.

1-March-1960National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project.

1-March-1961The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters.

1-March-1962Gaya University renamed as Magadh University.

1-March-196325 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.

1-March-1968Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur.

1-March-1971Central Translation Bureau was setup as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Bureau undertakes translation work of manuals, codes, forms and other non-statutory procedural literature of various ministries, departments, offices of the Central Government and Undertakings, Banks etc.

1-March-1971General Election ( 5th) of India begins.

1-March-1978Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.

1-March-1979Jairamdas Doulatram, great national leader, freedom fighter and journalist, passed away at Delhi. He played a vital role to recognised Sindhi as one of the national laguages of India.

1-March-1985Rajendra Sethia, the biggest personal bankrupt ever, arrested in New Delhi.

1-March-1987A Pakistani official quoted as saying, ""Pakistan has nuclear bomb capabilities at New Delhi'

1-March-1989Vasantdada Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Governor of Rajasthan, passed away.

1-March-1990BJP swept to power in Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, shares power with JD in Gujarat and Rajasthan.

1-March-1990JD secures four-fifth majority in Orissa Assembly elections; Biju Patnaik becomes the new CM.

1-March-1992Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away.

1-March-1993India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arj

1-March-1993Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98).

1-March-1994Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57.

1-March-1995Iftikar, famous character actor, died.

1-March-1996Supreme Court frees CBI from the control of PM Rao and directs that CBI would take no instruction or permission from or report to any authority personally interested in or likely to be affected by the investigation into the hawala case.

1-March-1997Gopi Chand and P.V.V. Lakshmi retain individual titles and India takes team titles in SAARC badminton in Colombo.

1-March-1997India `A' blanks Sri Lanks 5-0 in the inaugural tennis `Tests' in Delhi.

1-March-1997India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-test series 2-0 win in Matara.

1-March-1998Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda.

1-March-2000Gopichand wins the Indian Oil Servo National badminton championship at Kochi-making it four in a row.

1-March-2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.

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